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Version information

Name Creator First public release Latest stable version Latest release date Cost, availability License
Eclipse OpenJ9 (formerly IBM J9) IBM 15 Mar 2018 0.48.0 Edit this on Wikidata 5 November 2024; 44 days ago (5 November 2024) Free Apache License 2.0
Eclipse Public License 2.0
GCJ GNU 6 September 1998 6.4 (Terminal) 4 July 2017 Free GPL version 2 or later, with the "libgcc exception"
GraalVM Oracle May 2019 GraalVM for JDK 22.0.1 Edit this on Wikidata 16 April 2024; 8 months ago (16 April 2024) Free GPL version 2 only
HotSpot, OpenJDK edition Sun Microsystems, Oracle 27 April 1999 jdk-16 16 March 2021 Free GPL version 2 only
HotSpot, Oracle JDK edition Sun Microsystems, Oracle 27 April 1999 jdk 16 16 March 2021 Free Proprietary
HotSpot, Java SE embedded edition Sun Microsystems, Oracle 27 April 1999 ? ? Commercial Proprietary
HotSpot, Zero port Gary Benson ? ? ? Free GPL version 2 only
IKVM.NET Jeroen Frijters 28 June 2004 7.0.4335.0 5 December 2011 Free zlib License
JAmiga Peter Werno, Joakim Nordström 19 May 2005 1.2 6 January 2014 Free GPL version 2 or later
JamVM Robert Lougher 13 March 2003 2.0.0 30 July 2014 Free GPL version 2 or later
Jato VM Pekka Enberg and contributors ? 0.3 4 January 2012 Free GPL version 2 only
JC virtual machine Archie L. Cobbs ? 1.4.7 13 November 2005 Free LGPL version 2.1 or later
Jikes RVM IBM 14 October 2001 3.1.4 18 February 2016 Free Eclipse Public License version 1.0
Kaffe Transvirtual Technologies 1996 1.1.9 22 February 2008 Free GPL version 2 or later
Mysaifu JVM ? 16 April 2005 0.4.8 5 March 2010 Free GPL version 2 only
SableVM Sable Research Group ? 1.13 30 March 2007 Free LGPL version 2.1 or later

Technical information

JVM Status Latest supported Java version Supported class libraries Performance
GNU Classpath OpenJDK Other Interpretation AOT JIT
GCJ No longer maintained or distributed by GNU as of GCC 7 ? Yes No Yes Yes No
HotSpot, OpenJDK edition Reference implementation. 1.8 No Yes Yes No Yes
HotSpot, Oracle JDK edition Reference implementation. 1.8 No Yes Yes No Yes
HotSpot, Java SE embedded edition ? No Yes Yes No Yes
HotSpot, Zero port Interpreter-only port of OpenJDK using almost no assembly language and designed to be very portable. 1.7 No Yes Yes No No
IKVM.NET ? ? ? Whatever the .NET runtime uses
JAmiga 1.4 Yes No Yes No No
JamVM 1.8 Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Jato VM 1.6 Yes No No No Yes
JC virtual machine Translates Java to C and compiles it with a C compiler. 1.4 Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Jikes RVM 1.6 Yes Port Apache Harmony No ? Yes
Kaffe 1.4 Yes No Yes No Yes
Mysaifu JVM ? Yes No Yes No No
SableVM Unmaintained 1.4 Yes No Yes No No

Supported CPU architectures

JVM x86 x86-64 SPARC MIPS Itanium Power ISA ARM Alpha S/390 z/Architecture m68k
GCJ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
HotSpot, OpenJDK edition Yes Yes Solaris only Port No PowerPC/AIX port Yes No No No No
HotSpot, Oracle JDK edition Yes Yes Solaris only No Java 1.6 No Yes No No No No
HotSpot, Java SE embedded edition Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
HotSpot, Zero port Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
IKVM.NET Any architecture with a .NET framework.
JAmiga ? ? No No No Yes No No No No Yes
JamVM Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Jato VM Yes Under development No No No Under development Preliminary ARMv5 support No No No No
JC virtual machine Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Jikes RVM Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No
Kaffe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Mysaifu JVM No No No No No No Yes No No No No
SableVM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Supported operating systems

JVM Windows Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD Solaris OpenSolaris Darwin macOS iOS BeOS Haiku AIX IRIX OS/2 Windows Mobile AmigaOS Other
GCJ Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? No No DEC OSF 4.0f and 5.1, Hitachi SH-3/4 micro-controller
HotSpot, OpenJDK edition Yes (distributed as source code) Yes Port Port Port Yes Yes ? Yes No No Port Port No Port No No
HotSpot, Oracle JDK edition Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? Yes No No No No No No No No
HotSpot, Java SE embedded edition Yes Yes No No No Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No
HotSpot, Zero port No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
IKVM.NET Any operating system with a .NET framework
JAmiga No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
JamVM No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes On Jailbroken iPhone No No No No No No No kFreeBSD
Jato VM No Yes No No No No No Under development ? No No No No No No No No
JC virtual machine No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Jikes RVM No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No
Kaffe Using Cygwin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Many others
Mysaifu JVM No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No
SableVM Using Cygwin Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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